Innovation is essential for the education sector. The ways in which curriculum decision making is organised reflects different implicit approaches on how educational systems pertain to promote innovation in education. Curriculum holds an outstanding place when seeking to promote innovation in education, as it reflects the vision for education by…

This bulletin briefly describes research activities in the field of curriculum development for comprehensive and upper secondary schools in Finland. The comprehensive schools, established by law in 1963, offer a uniform curriculum to all Finnish students for the first nine years of school. After attending the comprehensive school, students may…